Investing.com – India stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Metals, Power and Public Sector Undertakings sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 gained 0.76% to hit a new all time high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index gained 0.75%.
The best performers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:HALC), which rose 5.24% or 27.05 points to trade at 543.15 at the close. Meanwhile, Infosys Ltd (NS:INFY) added 4.45% or 76.40 points to end at 1792.15 and Tech Mahindra Ltd (NS:TEML) was up 3.41% or 48.85 points to 1479.65 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were HCL Technologies Ltd (NS:HCLT), which fell 2.38% or 29.75 points to trade at 1221.40 at the close. Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (NS:MAHM) declined 2.20% or 20.45 points to end at 910.95 and Asian Paints Ltd. (NS:ASPN) was down 1.71% or 56.30 points to 3241.50.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) which rose 4.47% to 1792.15, Tech Mahindra Ltd (BO:TEML) which was up 3.36% to settle at 1478.30 and Tata Steel Ltd (BO:TISC) which gained 2.73% to close at 1411.10.
The worst performers were HCL Technologies Ltd (BO:HCLT) which was down 2.36% to 1221.35 in late trade, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (BO:MAHM) which lost 2.24% to settle at 910.80 and Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (BO:REDY) which was down 1.73% to 4873.85 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the India National Stock Exchange by 887 to 852 and 43 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 1701 rose and 1562 declined, while 154 ended unchanged.
Shares in Hindalco Industries Ltd. (NS:HALC) rose to all time highs; up 5.24% or 27.05 to 543.15. Shares in Infosys Ltd (NS:INFY) rose to all time highs; gaining 4.45% or 76.40 to 1792.15. Shares in Infosys Ltd (BO:INFY) rose to all time highs; gaining 4.47% or 76.65 to 1792.15.
The India VIX, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was up 8.99% to 17.1850.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.33% or 5.80 to $1762.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 1.63% or 1.33 to hit $83.06 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 1.20% or 1.02 to trade at $85.88 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.44% to 75.345, while EUR/INR rose 0.30% to 87.2990.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.17% at 94.097.